Humanities Truck Community Archive

The Humanities Truck is a fully customized delivery truck that serves as an experimental mobile platform for collecting, exhibiting, preserving, and expanding dialogue around the humanities. Using the truck, the Humanities Truck team seeks to mobilize the humanities and democratize the sharing and production of knowledge by bringing together scholars at American University with community residents across Washington, D.C. Together they collect, create, interpret, and curate stories that can return to the communities they originated from and circulate throughout the metropolitan region. The truck’s custom-design creates a unique space for facilitating participatory, cultural, and educational experiences in the humanities. It has the capacity to function as a recording studio, workshop and maker space, and exhibit and performance venue. The Humanities Truck is made possible through funding from the Henry Luce Foundation along with additional support from American University. 

The Humanities Truck Community Archive includes materials created by the Truck's team while planning, preparing, and participating in exhibits, events, and community activities. Find out more about the Humanities Truck exhibits and current projects on their website.